Thought Leaders Come Together at Good Food Conference to Discuss Prop 37 and Issues Impacting the Way We Eat

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With the election just a few days away, this event will help raise awareness of the current issues on the ballot that impact all of us and the way that we eat. - Laura Avery, Supervisor of the Santa Monica Farmers Market and speaker at the conference.

Los Angeles, Calif. (PRWEB)October 29, 2012

The Good Food Festival & Conference and The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) will host a series of panel discussions featuring national and local leaders in the Good Food Movement on Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012.

“I am happy to announce that the Santa Monica City Council adopted a resolution in support of Proposition 37 and I hope that California voters everywhere will add their support to mandatory labeling of genetically modified foods," says Laura Avery, Supervisor of the Santa Monica Farmers Market and speaker at the conference. “With the election just a few days away, this event will help raise awareness of the current issues on the ballot that impact all of us and the way that we eat.”

National and state leaders of the GMO labeling movement speaking at the event, including Andrew Kimbrell (Center for Food Safety), Dave Murphy (Food Democracy Now!), Arran Stephens (CEO, Nature's Path), Ann Gentry (Founder and Chef, Real Food Daily) and Ernest Miller (Chef, The Farmer’s Kitchen), will lead a discussion on Prop 37 and the impact this measure will have on consumers.

Will Allen, urban farmer and author of The Good Food Revolution, will conduct a keynote presentation followed by a discussion moderated by Evan Kleiman of KCRW-FM on ways in which food can build community. In addition, Paula Daniels, who leads the Los Angeles Food Policy Council will moderate a discussion on ways in which local food production can create jobs and economic development. Other speakers include: Laura Avery (Santa Monica Farmers Market), Meg Glasser (Food Forward), Kelly Meyer (American Heart Association Teaching Gardens), Steve Murray (Murray Family Farms), Michael O’Gorman (Farmer-Veteran Coalition) and Jim Slama (FamilyFarmed.org).

The Good Food Conference will take place on Nov. 3 at Noon at the Bing Theater at LACMA in Los Angeles. The museum will offer complimentary tours of works of art related to food and dining, starting at 10:30 a.m. on a first-come, first-served basis. Admission to LACMA will be free of charge to Good Food Conference ticket holders. Tickets available at $45, $35 for students, seniors and LACMA members at: http://2012goodfoodla.eventbrite.com/.

About Santa Monica Farmers Market
Established in 1981, the Santa Monica Farmers Market bring farm fresh produce to approximately 900,000 customers per year. All four Santa Monica Farmers Markets are organized and managed by the City of Santa Monica for the mutual benefit of all who enjoy them. Since their founding, The Santa Monica Certified Farmers Markets have provided farmers an opportunity to stay on their land and to bring the best of California’s bounty to urban residents for three generations.

About FamilyFarmed.org
FamilyFarmed.org’s mission is to expand the production, marketing and distribution of locally grown and responsibly produced food in order to enhance the social, economic and environmental health of our communities. FamilyFarmed.org is nationally recognized for “growing the market” for local and sustainable food and works with many of the country’s largest buyers of local and sustainably grown food. The Good Food Festival and Conference was created to link some of the best local farmers and family-owned producers of food and farm products with the public, trade buyers and leaders in the field to foster relationships that facilitate the growth of local food systems.